G/TBT/N/TZA/442  
27 April 2020  
(20-3272) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 07(5295) 
P3 Mayonnaise – Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
testing methods for mayonnaise int ended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
• ISO 17189, Butter, edible oil emulsions and spreadable fats -Determination of fat 
content  
• ISO 3706, Phosphoric acid for industrial use (including food stuffs) -Determination of 
total phosphorus (v) oxide content -Quinoline phosphomolybdate gravimetric 
method (use TZS standards or put in annex)  
• TZS 538/EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 2288, Edible fats and oils – Specification  
• TZS 789/EAS 12, Potable water -Specification  
• TZS 538, Packaging and  labeling of foods -Code of hygienic practice for eggs and egg 
products  
• TZS 33, Spices and condiments - Sampling  
• TZS 123, Microbiological examination for clostridium perfringens – Test method  
• TZS 118, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
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  • TZS 730 (Part 2)/ISO 16649 (Part 2), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs 
– Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia 
coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 °C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -b-
D-glucuronide  
• TZS 131/ISO 7954, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General guidance 
for enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25 °C 
• TZS 122/I SO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of salmonella spp  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase – Positiv e staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species)  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 1491 - Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  
• TZS 1492, Fruits and Vegetables – Determi nation of tin content  
• TZS 1495, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of copper content  
• TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
• TZS 1529, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Sodium Chloride in brine  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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